Latest Ramblings

Surviving Tet

February 4th, 2010 | Comments Off

Tet Festival is approaching. It’s kind of zany here in Hanoi these days. I’ve seen probably more near-misses and motorbike scrapes in the past week than I have the six months we’ve been here.

For those Only OK readers who are expats living in Hanoi, you might find this Tet Survival Guide helpful. The folks at Santa Fe Relocation Services put this together and a friend passed it on to me. It’s got useful tips on Tet traditions, what businesses will be open during the holiday, and much more. If you live in Hanoi, I highly recommend having a look.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , ,

About This Site

Andy Engelson is a writer and editor who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam. He's currently working on a novel and writing about the experience of raising a family in Vietnam. In a former life, he edited Washington Trails magazine for six years and before that wrote about art for Seattle Weekly. He hikes, he travels, he plays with his family, and he looks at stuff.

Quotable

The rising hills, the slopes,
of statistics
lie before us.
the steep climb
of everything, going up,
up, as we all
go down.

In the next century
or the one beyond that,
they say,
are valleys, pastures,
we can meet there in peace
if we make it.

To climb these coming crests
one word to you, to
you and your children:

stay together
learn the flowers
go light
— Gary Snyder, “For the Children”

Blogroll

Recent Posts

Previous Posts

Most Recent Comments